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didn't another german state already try this and fail pretty spectacularly?? cost them WAY more money and then they ended up rolling back to m$??
given that, this is fantastic news! it's good to see people learn from past failed implementations, hopefully learn from their mistakes, and try again instead of just blaming it on bad software
You're not thinking about when Microsoft bribed their way into them not switching by opening an office in the area?
This. It was the city of Munich. They had their own linux distro "Munix" and everything. Then the conservative party won the election. You know the rest.
that's the second or third statement in most modern cautionary tales nowadays
Conservative is not always but often synonymous with corruption, these days.
I've yet to meet a single "conservative" that wants to conserve something, and I've already lived more than half of my expected lifetime.
What they conserve is wealth and power, and only for themselves and their perceived "in group".
Wilhoit's Law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Yeah, it was a political decision, not one based on how well the Linux transition worked.
They used Linux for quite some time productively. It wasn't a failed transition at all.
I’ve been trying to find a source but from what I remember the transition was in maybe Munich and it was going fine.
Microsoft opened a new sales or operation center there and got cozy with the government there as quickly as possible to turn them back into a customer.
EDIT: Here is the LiMux endeavor.
You have to know how to do it right. It can be bad.